[21986] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: identify hostname
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brandon Ross)
Mon Nov 30 20:39:40 1998
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 20:18:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Brandon Ross <bross@mindspring.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981130194949.6061b-100000@xymox.netops.mindspring.net>
Thanks to all of you who replied to this, I have the information I need
now.
For the curious, it's uu.net.
On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Brandon Ross wrote:
> Logs recovered after a ping flood attack cut off the end of a hostname
> that the perpetrator may have used in the attack. If anyone knows who
> uses the following format for their dialup IP hostnames, please contact me
> privately:
>
> 1Cust76.tnt1.sfo2.da.
>
> Brandon Ross Network Engineering 404-815-0770 800-719-4664
> Director, Network Engineering, MindSpring Ent., Inc. info@mindspring.com
> ICQ: 2269442
>
> Stop Smurf attacks! Configure your router interfaces to block directed
> broadcasts. See http://www.quadrunner.com/~chuegen/smurf.cgi for details.
>
>
Brandon Ross Network Engineering 404-815-0770 800-719-4664
Director, Network Engineering, MindSpring Ent., Inc. info@mindspring.com
ICQ: 2269442
Stop Smurf attacks! Configure your router interfaces to block directed
broadcasts. See http://www.quadrunner.com/~chuegen/smurf.cgi for details.
